Atlanta United 2 announced that its opening match of the USL Championship’s return to play will take place on July 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET against Tampa Bay Rowdies at Al Lang Stadium. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.
The USL Championship announced the opening weekend of games that will kick off the league’s resumption of the 2020 season. Nine games are scheduled between July 11-13, with five of those contests to be aired live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.
Atlanta’s only match of the 2020 season to-date occurred on March 8 against Charleston Battery. For the remaining 15 matches of the 2020 USL Championship regular season, Atlanta United 2 has been placed in Group H with the Battery, Miami FC and Tampa Bay. Over the course of the season, they will play each of the other Group H teams four times, while the remaining matches will come against teams in proximate geographic regions.
2020 USL Championship Opening Weekend
Saturday, July 11
Real Monarchs SLC vs. San Diego Loyal SC, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN Deportes)
Indy Eleven vs. Saint Louis FC, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Atlanta United 2, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC vs. New Mexico United, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
El Paso Locomotive FC vs. Rio Grande Valley FC, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Phoenix Rising FC vs. LA Galaxy II, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN Deportes)
Sunday, July 12
Louisville City FC vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2 / ESPN Deportes)
Monday, July 13
OKC Energy FC vs. FC Tulsa, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Sacramento Republic FC vs. Tacoma Defiance, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN Deportes)
